Nadifa Mohamed
Nadifa Mohamed نادئفا محمد | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nadiifa Maxamed 1981 (age 42–43) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Novelist |
Nadifa Mohamed (Template:Lang-so, Template:Lang-ar) (b. 1981 in Hargeisa, Somalia) is an award-winning Somali-British novelist.
Personal life
Nadifa was born in Hargeisa, Somalia in 1981.[1] In 1986, she moved with her family to London.[1] There, Nadifa attended Oxford University, where she studied History and Politics.[1]
She lives in London and is currently working on her second novel.[1]
Literary career
Nadifa's first novel, Black Mamba Boy (2009), is a semi-autobiographical account of her father's life in Yemen in the 1930s and 40s, during the colonial period.[2] It won the 2010 Betty Trask Award, and was short-listed for numerous awards, including the 2010 Guardian First Book Award,[3] the 2010 Dylan Thomas Prize,[4] and the 2010 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.[5] The book was also long-listed for the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction.[6]
Awards
- Betty Trask Award (2010)
Works
- Black Mamba Boy (2009)
Notes
- ^ a b c d Nadifa Mohamed, HarperCollins Author Profile
- ^ "Black Mamba Boy, By Nadifa Mohamed", reviewed by Arifa Akbar, The Independent, 15 January 2010
- ^ "Guardian first book award shortlist revealed", The Guardian, 29 October 2010
- ^ "Somali author Nadifa Mohamed up for first book prize", BBC, 28 October 2010
- ^ "Shortlist announced for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2010". booktrust. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ Black Mamba Boy, Orange Prize for Fiction